Hello Occasional Travellers! Sorry for the silence, but I had a quick getaway with the family up to Malaysia and I’m back and raring to take on the holiday season! If you remember that previous post with the Joy to the World map print, Angela had taken inspiration from Emily Henderson, but I found myself…
If you guys remembered this post about artistic globes late last year, well their creator Wendy Gold has just launched the YOUniverse range, globes with customizable stickers that you can use to create your very own personalized piece of artwork! 3 themes are available – Geneaology (so you can track your family tree and…
Here’s a pretty cool stop-motion of Alex Profit’s journey around the world in 2000 pictures. The transitions are pretty awesome, almost seamless from country to country, as if you’d just turned a corner… Did you recognize any of the places? I recognized Barcelona’s Parc Guell right off the bat, and frankly I’m just amazed how…
Here’s a really cool way to admire your globes – 5 globes from 5 different centuries are strung up in a hanging mobile, so not only do you get to see how the perpective of the world has changed over the years, you’ll also have something to entertain the little tykes, who might just grow…
So now that you’ve gotten yourself a lovely Geografia globe from the shop… how do you go about putting it together? Have no fear, it’s really not difficult at all. The designers have put a lot of thought into it, and it comes together easier than your standard jigsaw puzzle! I took about 20 mins…
Well here’s a really timeless globe – it’s a blackboard globe with just the continents outlined on it. All you need is a piece of chalk and you’re ready to redefine boundaries and literally, change the world! Or maybe add in new lands and rename them. Singapore would be more than just a little…
The thing about globes is that because of its spherical shape, we tend to miss out the bottom bits, so sorry to AnZac and especially poor Antarctica, who everyone always imagines as a long horizontal country because of the way maps are laid out (but is actually a small chunk of land at the very…
I fell in love with these pretty globes as soon as I saw them – they’re totally unlike anything I’ve seen before! The Geografia Globes are a modern and designer spin on your typical study table accessory, and the great part about it is actually being able to assemble it yourself! It truly lets you…
If you’re as globe obsessed as I am (I can think of nothing more perfect than a study lined with all sorts of globes), you will love these absolutely pretty handmade globes by Wendy of ImagineNations. Hand decoupaged to order, these globes are more works of art than anything else. I’m especially fond of the…
